Eugen Büchner
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Eugen Büchner Russian Евгений Александрович Бихнер (born March 20 . Jul / 1. April 1861 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † 1913 ) was a German-Russian zoologist.
The future zoologist Büchner was born in St. Petersburg and attended the Reformed School there. He then studied from 1879 to 1883 at the University of Saint Petersburg . From 1883 he worked at the Academy of Sciences as a scholarship holder of the Zoological Museum. His writing The Birds of the St. Petersburg Governorate was awarded a prize by the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists.
Scientific activity
Büchner described numerous new species:
- Przewalski's gazelle ( Procapra przewalskii )
- Przewalski's lemming ( Eolagurus przewalskii )
- Przewalski's racing rat ( Brachiones przewalskii )
- Qinghai vole ( Lasiopodomys fuscus )
- Chinese water vole ( Microtus limnophilus )
- Reed vole ( Microtus fortis )
- Chinese birch mouse ( Sicista concolor )
- Alashan ground squirrel ( Spermophilus alashanicus )
- Red-eared pika ( Ochotona erythrotis )
- Koslow pika ( Ochotona koslowi )
Works (selection)
- To the knowledge of the red marmots of Central Asia . Book printing of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbourg 1892 ( archive.org ).
- The birds of the St. Petersburg governorate . In: Contributions to the knowledge of the Russian Empire and the neighboring countries of Asia (= Journal for Ornithology . 33rd year, fourth episode, volume 13 ). 3rd episode, volume 2 . Book printing of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 1886, p. 196–210 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02029101 ( Text archive - Internet Archive - presented to the Academy on November 26, 1885, excerpt from the Russian by Carl Deditius).
- On the history of the Caucasian Ture (Capra caucasica Güld. And Capra cylindricornis Blyth). In: Mémoires de l'Académie de St.-Petersbourg . 1887 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- About the lack of the squirrel in the Caucasus. In: Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg . 1890, pp. 125-132 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- The mammals of the Ganssu expedition (1884–1887) . Book printing of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 1890 ( archive.org ).
- About a new species of Sminthus from China. St. Petersburg, 1892.
Individual evidence
- ^ Victor A. Fausek: Büchner, Jewgeni Alexandrowitsch . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 4 [7]: Битбург – Босха. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1891, p. 7 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF ).
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| SURNAME | Büchner, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бихнер, Евгений Александрович (Russian); Büchner, Jewgeni Alexandrovich; Büchner, Eugen Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1913 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |